Swimming and Diving
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- milloy@ath.msu.edu
- Phone:
- 243-0489
Kathleen Milloy transitioned into her current role as an operations assistant in the fall of 2021. She assists with all travel and team operations for several sports, including men's and women's soccer, field hockey, gymnastics, and rowing. Â
Milloy spent nearly 20 years on the swimming and diving staff at MSU, the last 10 as the associate head coach. She coached both sprinters and breaststrokers, helping the Spartan athletes establish pool, varsity, and personal records and hundreds of liftetime best swims during each season on staff. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Milloy also served as the team's recruiting coordinator and was responsible for all aspects of team travel.
Milloy joined the Michigan State staff in 2002 after serving four years as an assistant coach at Clemson, where she coached the sprinters and breaststrokers. While with the Tigers, Milloy coached six women who qualified for the NCAA Championships, three of which were walk-ons. In addition, she coached three ACC Championship relay teams, each which produced school records.
Prior to her tenure with the Tigers, Milloy was an assistant coach at Toledo, where she spent her time with the sprinters and backstrokers. Under Milloy's tutelage, the Toledo men won the 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle and 200-meter medley relays, setting Mid-American Conference records in the process.
Milloy also served as the Senior Swim Coach of the Greater Toledo Aquatic Club. She coached 13 athletes at the 1997 Summer Junior Nationals and three athletes at the 1997 Summer Senior Nationals.
The Ottawa, Ontario, native was the assistant women's swimming coach at Brown University from 1992-95, where she aided in rebuilding the women's program. Prior to her stint at Brown, Milloy served as a student assistant coach at the University of Tennessee. While at Tennessee, Milloy helped coach the team to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, including the school's first NCAA Champion in the 50-meter freestyle, as well as a Honda Award Winner.
Milloy graduated from Tennessee in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
